You Want to Know Whether Cookies Made with Unbleached Flour

question 37

Multiple Choice

You want to know whether cookies made with unbleached flour taste better than cookies made with bleached flour; which of the following has the strongest experimental design to test this question?

• A)Make two batches of cookies, both with bleached flour; one taster tries both types and ranks which type they like best.
• B)Make two batches of cookies, one with bleached flour and one with unbleached flour; one taster tries both types and ranks which type they like best.
• C)Make two batches of cookies, one with bleached flour and one with unbleached flour; twenty tasters try both types and rank which type they like best.
• D)Make two batches of cookies, one with bleached flour and one with unbleached flour; twenty tasters try both types without knowing which ones they are eating and rank which type they like best.

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